Irish Traditional Music Tune Index
Tune ID#5370 (Planxty Maguire)
| Type ? | Bars | 8-bar phrase structure | Mode ? |
|---|---|---|---|
| Piece | 32 | AABC | G Major |

about these two bars
These two bars are the start of my transcription of how this tune was played – the first time through – on the recording Ch 5 (details in the Discography below).
Titles given to this tune in the sources listed below (plus notes of mine about this tune):
Planxty Maguire (2nd in set The Humours of Carolan on Ch 5) (composed by Turlough O'Carolan)
Discography
Here is the sole recording of this tune considering only the indexed recordings.
| Year Recorded |
Track #Tune? |
[Album code] Artist. Title. Primary musicians (instruments). |
|---|---|---|
| ~1975 | 8(1:12)#2 | [Ch 5] The Chieftains. 5. Paddy Moloney (pipes, whistle), Seán Potts (whistle), Michael Tubridy (flute, concertina, whistle), Seán Keane (fiddle), Martin Fay (fiddle), Derek Bell (harp, oboe, timpán), Peadar Mercier (bodhrán, bones). |
Bibliography
Here are all transcriptions of this tune under any title whatsoever – considering only the indexed books – listed in chronological order. I have discovered by careful comparison that these are very similar to this tune as played on the recording listed above.
| As tune #695 in [1850] Francis O'Neill and James O'Neill. O'Neill's Music of Ireland. |
| On page 244 of [Krsn] Miles Krassen. O'Neill's Music of Ireland. New and Revised. |
If you are considering using the above transcriptions to help you learn this tune, I invite you to check these practical Tips for Learning Irish Traditional Music. See also: So why do you bother indexing books and abc?
Year of the oldest source for this tune, considering the recordings and transcriptions listed above (note that I concentrate on sources after 1900): 1903
